Service difficulty report · Wire · Doug DC982

Difficulty date
January 27, 2000
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N474
Make and model
Doug DC982
Aircraft serial
49649
Part
Wire
Condition
Failed
Location
Door Warning Sys
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

ATL - FLT 1572 - DURING APPROACH, SLAT/FLAP HANDLE MOVED TO ZERO DEGREE/EXTERNAL. DISAGREE LIGHT CAME ON. RECYCLED HANDLE AND BOTH SLATS AND LIGHTS NORMAL. LANDED ATL WITHOUT INCIDENT. DURING REFUELING OPERATION, PERSON FUELING NOTICED SPARKS COMING FROM A WIRE BUNDLE OUTBOARD OF FUELING PANEL. REFUEL DOOR HODL OPEN ROD SHORTING SLAT/FLAP WIRES BUNDLE. REPAIRED AND REPOSITIONED BURNED WIRES IN BUNDLE AT REFUEL DOOR. SYSTEM GROUND CHECK NORMAL OPERATION. (M)

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